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The half-life of a given reaction is doubled if the initial concentration of the reactant is doubled. What is the order of the reaction?(a) 0(b) 1(c) 2(d) 3This question was posed to me in a job interview.Asked question is from Chemical Kinetics topic in portion Chemical Kinetics of Chemistry – Class 12

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The correct choice is (a) 0

The explanation: Half-life (t1⁄2) is the TIME required for a quantity to reduce to half of its initial value. The half-life of a zero-order reaction is DIRECTLY proportional to its initial CONCENTRATION. They are related as:

t1/2 = [R]0/2k.



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